What are the natural enemies of dragonflies?

Dragonflies are predators in the upper insects, but they can't escape the pursuit of natural enemies. Especially when dragonflies are eggs or larvae, all kinds of waterfowl, such as fish, frogs and ducks, will pose a threat to them. Of course, ants, scorpions and other insects will also eat them. Once they are adults, they need to be alert to natural enemies such as birds, waterfowl and spiders.

Here are some natural enemies of dragonflies:

Frog:

As an insect control expert, frogs are a great threat to both dragonfly larvae and adult dragonflies. Frogs will lie in the pit or on the leaves on the water surface when hunting, looking up and waiting for the bite of insects. When dragonflies fly in front of them, they will quickly pop out their slender tongues, stick them with the tip of their tongues and pull them into their mouths instantly.

Fish:

In Chengde, Hebei Province, a small carnivorous fish called "Makou Fish" is specially produced. It mainly feeds on insects or small fish, and is especially good at catching dragonflies flying low on the water, so it has become a beautiful scenery there. Horse fish will lie in ambush near the water or swim with dragonflies. When the dragonfly lays eggs near the water surface, it will jump up and kill it, so many photographers will come here to capture the scene of "horse fish hitting red dragonfly". So it is no exaggeration to say that it is the natural enemy of dragonflies.

Waterfowl:

Although dragonfly is an animal flying in the sky, it actually needs to spend most of its life in water, because its infancy and spawning period account for almost two-thirds of its life, which means it needs to stay in water for a long time, and a large number of semi-aquatic birds have become one of its main natural enemies, especially ducks, egrets and herons. Grabbing dragonfly larvae is a great threat.

Scorpion worm:

Newt is a carnivorous insect that lives underwater all the year round, so it is also one of the natural enemies that dragonfly larvae need to be on high alert, and it is also the natural enemy of mosquitoes, because it mainly eats these small insects in the water and hides in the crevices of rocks at the bottom of lakes and rivers all the year round, even tadpoles hatched in Lian Gang can be eaten by it.